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"A new report from '60 Minutes' includes an interview with a scientist from the Pentagon who says that there is now a COVID microchip."
Publisher’s rating: False
"Mayor Bloomberg helped lower the number of uninsured by 40 percent, covering 700,000 more New Yorkers"
Publisher’s rating: True
“US GOV finally admits that Covid started in the Wuhan lab.”
Publisher’s rating: Needs context
Vídeo de montaje para los medios de comunicación por la Covid-19 en Alemania.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Says the current survival rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. is “98.54%”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
“The WHO failed to investigate credible reports from sources in Wuhan that conflicted directly with the Chinese government’s official accounts. There was credible information to suspect human-to-human transmission in December 2019, which should have spurred the WHO to investigate, and investigate immediately. Through the middle of January, it parroted and publicly endorsed the idea that there was not human-to-human transmission happening despite reports and clear evidence to the contrary. … The WHO pushed China’s misinformation about the virus, saying it was not communicable.”
Publisher’s rating: Three Pinocchios
چرا افکار عمومی به گزارشهای رسمی ایران درباره کرونا بیاعتماد است؟
Publisher’s rating: ۱- تکذیبهای قطعی، تایید ناگهانی ۲- تناقض ادعای منابع ۳- ابهامهای آماری ۴- تئوری توطئه؛ نظریه غالب ۵- نداشتن اختیار کافی و ناتوانی از مداخله
No hay pandemia de coronavirus y no tienen sentido ni la mascarilla ni el distanciamiento social
Publisher’s rating: Falso
"If (Republicans) are successful in completely dismantling the ACA ... there is no guarantee for people who have pre-existing conditions."
Publisher’s rating: Lawsuit pending
Actriz Mayim Bialik "rechaza ser vacunada" contra el COVID-19.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
The updated COVID-19 vaccines do “not protect against the currently dominant strain.”
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
"This bath detox" will "get rid of" the effects of the vaccine.
Publisher’s rating: False
"A nurse in Alabama has died approx 8-10 hours after receiving her C-19 vaccine."
Publisher’s rating: False
Brain aneurysms are a “serious and common COVID-19 mRNA vaccine injury in young people.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Journalist Grant Wahl died from a COVID-19 vaccine.
Publisher’s rating: No Evidence
"We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition and many on ventilators.”
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
Hacen pasar a un maniquí como fallecido por el coronavirus
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Dr. Anthony Fauci “admits that mask mandates were a broad spectrum failure.”
Publisher’s rating: False
El hisopo nasal empleado en las pruebas para descartar el COVID-19 "ESTÁ DISEÑADO PARA ESTERILIZAR Y CAUSAR CÁNCER."
Publisher’s rating: Falso